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The Nose Knows

I suppose this could be considered a “nostril” shot of shuttle Discovery… if it had nostrils, I mean. It will be ferried back to Florida tomorrow, after landing in California last Friday. Get a much larger version (mine is cropped square) here.

Space shuttle Discovery, mounted on leveling jacks, is surrounded by work platforms while undergoing servicing and preparations at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center for its ferry flight to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Landis